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Which of these living US presidents is the only one whose ancestors DIDN’T enslave people?

According to a Reuters special report published on June 27, 2023, Donald Trump is the only living US president whose ancestors didn’t enslave people. His family history is mostly European, with his paternal grandparents immigrating from Germany and his mother from Scotland. Joe Biden had just one direct ancestor, five generations distant, who owned one slave. Barack Obama also had one direct ancestor, six generations removed, who owned two enslaved people. George Bush’s direct ancestor was six generations removed and enslaved 25._x000D_Thomas Jefferson owned over 600 enslaved people during his lifetime, the most of any US president. He was the first president to bring enslaved people to the White House (which was built largely by enslaved Black workers).1″>Ulysses S. Grant was the last president to own a slave. He freed the formerly enslaved person, William Jones, in 1859.1″>Woodrow Wilson was the last president born into a slave household.